Sage vs Sageship - What's the difference?
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Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), ยง 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
The status of being a sage.
*1846 , The United States magazine and Democratic review , p. 47:
*:Surely, then, a scheme that should supersede the necessity of saintship and sageship , would be a most valuable acquisition!
*1846 , M. K. Naik, Perspectives on Indian Fiction in English? , p. 112:
*:That his sageship is fake is proved by the fact that he fathers a son after having supposedly renounced the world.
The wisdom of a sage.
*1973 , Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda , Volume 3?, p. 253:
*:This is the sageship of the Vedas, and constantly we ought to remember this ideal of religion in India.
As a verb sage
is first-person singular indicative present form of .As a noun sageship is
the status of being a sage.sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .